Seymour name meaning
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What does Seymour mean?
Seymour means Prayer, From the Saint-maur, Marshy Land Near the Sea, Taylor or An Estate In Northern France is of Old French origin, commonly used in Scottish and English is given to both genders.
How do I pronounce Seymour?
se(y)-mour is the most common way to pronounce two syllabled Seymour.
Variants of Seymour
Names that rhyme with SeymourHow popular is the name Seymour?
Seymour was a popular name in United States. Over 13074 babies have been named Seymour since 1880. At its zenith in 1924, 785 boys were bestowed the name and it was ranked at 182nd position.
However after 123 years, the name is currently sliding down on the charts. In addition to that, the given name has been in the top 500 baby names 29 times Seymour is a rare baby name in England and Wales there is very thin chances of it still being given since it isn't seen since 2004 and also in France.
Seymour is a common name in Jamaica while somewhat familiar name in Canada, England, South Africa and Barbados. As per our findings, over 10000 babies have been bestowed Seymour around the globe.
| Year | Boys | Girls | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Births | Rank | Births | |
| 2017 | 12171 | 5 | ||
| 2016 | 8093 | 9 | ||
| 2014 | 12078 | 5 | ||
| 2013 | 10706 | 6 | ||
| 2011 | 10791 | 6 | ||
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Here's what numbers has to say about Seymour
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Do you like Seymour? You would love these names
- Faye - Faye's meaning is Elf or Raven has origin in Old English and is notably used in Norwegian, Finnish and English is used as a gender insensitive name . On the list of baby girl names, predominant Faye ranked 463 in year 1964 in United States
- Tobe - Tobe's meaning is From the Hebrew Tobiah Jah is Good, Goodness of God and God is Good came from Hebrew bestowed upon both sexes is used in English. Tobe is short of Tobias.
- Annabel - Long standing and Predominant Annabel mainly is used in Danish and Swedish is originated from Germanic and German, meaning of Annabel is "Easy to Love or Lovable" is bestowed upon baby girls
- Sommer - Admired Sommer is originated from Old Norse and English, Sommer means "Summer, Summer Season or Place Name" and is used chiefly in Finnish and Danish is used for both boys and girls
- Kaleigh - Majorly used in English cherished, Kaleigh is used as a gender insensitive name. It is rooted from Sanskrit, Celtic and Old Irish, meaning of Kaleigh is "Lovely, Slim or Fair or Slender"
Famous people named Seymour
- Seymour Melman, American professor emeritus of industrial engineering and operations research at Columbia University's Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science
- Seymour I. Rubinstein, pioneer of the PC software industry
- Seymour Geisser, American statistician noted for emphasizing predictive inference
- Seymour DeKoven, United States classical music radio personality of the 1950s
- Seymour Glanzer, American lawyer
- Seymour Krim, American author, editor and literary critic
- Seymour Mayne, Canadian author, editor
- Seymour Etienne Bottex, Haitian painter
- Seymour Sarason, author of over forty books and over sixty articles
- Seymour Jonathan Singer, American cell biologist and professor of biology
- Seymour Ainsworth, American businessman born in Woodbury, Vermont
- Seymour Trieger, second leader of the Green Party of Canada
- Seymour Drescher, American historian and a professor at the University of Pittsburgh
- Seymour Magoon, American hitman in New York's Murder, Inc
- Seymour Lowman, American lawyer and politician
- Seymour Peck, American journalist
- Seymour S. Kety, American neuroscientist
- Seymour Simon, American lawyer
- Seymour Fogel, American artist whose artistic output included social realist art early
- Seymour Simon, American writer of children's books; he is primarily a science writer
- Seymour Bathurst, 7th Earl Bathurst, British nobleman, soldier and newspaper owner
- Seymour Simons, American pianist, composer, orchestra leader
- Seymour Burr, African-American slave in the Connecticut Colony
- Seymour H. Person, politician from the U.S. state of Michigan
- Seymour Berry, 2nd Viscount Camrose, British nobleman, politician
- Seymour Fagan, retired male track and field sprinter from Jamaica
- Seymour Berry, 1st Baron Buckland, Welsh financier and industrialist
- Seymour Papert, South African-born American mathematician
- Seymour Cray, American electrical engineer and supercomputer architect
- Seymour Lubetzky, major cataloging theorist and a prominent librarian
- Seymour Benzer, American physicist
- Seymour Ginsburg, American pioneer of automata theory
- Seymour Itzkoff, American professor
- Seymour Hersh, longtime contributor to 'The New Yorker' magazine on national security matters and has also written for the 'London Review of Books' since 2013
- Seymour Farmer, politician in Manitoba, Canada
- Seymour Liebergot, retired NASA flight controller
- Seymour Cassel, American actor
- Seymour Chwast,
- Seymour Schulich, Canadian businessman, investor
- Seymour Martin Lipset, American sociologist
- Seymour Stein, American entrepreneur and music executive
- Seymour Nurse, Barbadian former cricketer
- Seymour Lipton, American abstract expressionist sculptor
- Seymour Stedman, American from Chicago
- Seymour Greenberg, amateur American clay-court specialist tennis player
- Seymour Crawford, Irish Fine Gael politician
- Seymour Hicks, British actor, music hall performer, playwright
- Seymour Halpern, American politician from New York
- Seymour H. Knox III, philanthropist and sports entrepreneur
- Seymour G. Sternberg, is chairman and former CEO of New York Life Insurance Company
- Seymour Weiss, prominent hotel executive and civic leader
- Seymour Kneitel, American animator
- Seymour Cocks, British Labour Party Member of Parliament
- Seymour H. Knox I, Buffalo
- Seymour H. Knox II, Buffalo, New York philanthropist and polo player
- Seymour Parker Gilbert, American lawyer, banker, politician and diplomat
Lists having Seymour
- Boys names beginning with S
- Girls names beginning with S
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- Scottish Baby Names
- Baby Names that mean Prayer
- Baby Names that mean Saint
- Baby Names that mean Land
- Baby Names that mean Sea
- Baby Names that mean Estate